Renaissance Artists and Thinkers

Ruler of Florence and patron of many artists

• Lorenzo de Medici

• Leonardo da Vinci

Italian artist, engineer, and scientist

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo da Vinci

Italian painter and sculptor

• Michelangelo

• Rafaello

Italian writer and courtier who wrote "The Book of the Courtier"

• Baldassare Castiglione

• Niccolo Machiavelli

Italian political writer and statesman who wrote "The Prince"

• Desiderius Erasmus

• Niccolo Machiavelli

German painter

• Albrecht Durer

• Johannes Gutenberg

German creator of movable type

• Albrecht Durer

• Johannes Gutenberg

Christian humanist philosopher and writer

• Niccolo Machiavelli

• Desiderius Erasmus

English playwright and poet

• Desiderius Erasmus

• William Shakespeare

German religious reformer

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Martin Luther

Answer explanation

He wrote the 95 Theses which questioned the practices of the Catholic Church and started the Lutheran religion.